If you spend enough time around writers and you’re going to hear a couple of things, guaranteed.
It’s impossible to make a living as a writer.
You might as well not even try.
I totally understand your anxiety. Thinking about your prospects of earning a living as a writer can be daunting. Because the bald truth is, very few writers actually get there.
I’ll tell you a secret. Most writers don’t get there because they give up before they get to be professional writers.
I mean, imagine if most people who wanted to be teachers decided it was impossible because they weren’t hired after their first year of college.
Writing isn’t the kind of profession where if you go to school and study real hard, you’re pretty much guaranteed a middle-income job at the end.
But we’re coming up on a new year. And I’m here to tell you that it’s possible to be a working writer. You just have to wrap your head around what that really means and then make a plan.